N.Y. Railroad Law § 194: Protection of employees

§ 194. Protection of employees. Every corporation operating a street

surface railroad in this state, except such as operate a railroad or

railroads either in the borough of Manhattan or Brooklyn, in the city of

New York, shall cause the front and rear platforms of every passenger

car propelled by electricity, cable or compressed air, operated on any

division of such railroad which extends in or between towns or outside

of city limits, during the months of December, January, February and

March, except cars attached to the rear of other cars, to be inclosed

from the fronts of the platforms to the fronts of the hoods, so as to

afford protection to any person stationed by such corporation on such

platforms to perform duties in connection with the operation of such

cars. Every corporation or person using and operating a car in violation

of this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per

day for each car so used and operated, to be collected in an action

brought by the commission or commissioner having jurisdiction and to be

paid into the treasury of the state of New York, or in a suit by the

attorney of the municipality in which the violation of the provisions of

this section occurs, to be paid into the treasury of such municipality.